Cardinals are on fire right now. They need to keep it up.
Their pitching staff is in a hurt locker. On the other hand: Aranado cements his reputation as the best 3rd baseman in baseball. He reminds me of the impact Pujols had at that age.Glad my Rox could lay down for 4 games to help you guys out.
Their pitching staff is in a hurt locker. On the other hand: Aranado cements his reputation as the best 3rd baseman in baseball. He reminds me of the impact Pujols had at that age.
The Rockies won 91 games last season? So what happened?
Birds continue to play very well - great weekend set against the Reds winning 3 of 4. Took the kids to one of the games on Saturday. Brewers appear out of it at this point. I figure if the Cards can win 17 of the final 25, they look good to win the division. At that rate, the Cubs would have to win 20 just to tie. The Cubs have a bit easier schedule, but have an 8 game road trip coming up, with 4 in Milwaukee and 4 in San Diego. If they can lose 4 of those, that would help.
Magic number is 5 (combo of Cardinals wins/Brewer losses). One more Cub loss and they're toast. Seven games to go.So, we just need to go .500 to win the Central?
Watching Martinez pitch kills me. The due can crank it up to 100 mph yet seems to walk 1-2 batters every outing. I just knew he was at least going to put the tying run on base last night. Though I expected he would close it out after getting the first out.
Please don't put him in any critical situations. Time to make him a 6th/7th inning arm and let the real pitchers handle the big-boy roles.
I've heard he wants to return to starting.What's the plan on him next year? His stuff is amazing if he could just control it.